Hand
Part of speech: noun
Definition: That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See manus. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand; as, In long measure, two different lengths: A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity. Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance. An agent; a servant, or manual laborer, especially in compounds; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, An instance of helping. Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; — usually in the plural. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once; as Applause. Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch. Rate; price. Each of the pointers on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day. The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim. The collective noun for a bunch of bananas.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct To manage; as, I hand my oar. — Matthew Prior To seize; to lay hands on. — Shakespeare To pledge by the hand; to handfast. To furl; — said of a sail. — Totten To cooperate. — Massinger
Example sentence: When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.
Manus
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a man, or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.The power over other people, esp. that of a man over his wife.